Hello there,
The finished Product I'm visioning is:
A website where users can create an account / profile and upload a 800x400 image that displays their creative talent. ( photoshop, 3d modeling, photography, whatever ) They have 800x400 pixels to express themselves however they wish. Each user can also upload an avatar for themselves, along with their name, alias, website url, profession, etc. Members can log in, and within their control panel they can update their image, avatar, contact information, name, alias, etc. Members can specify 4-5 keywords to be used within a search function that will be on the site. Visitors can browse the “collection” in thumbnail form ( 200x100 ) and have a drop-down option to sort by: newest, most viewed, or recently updated. Visitors can also search the site for a specific keyword or name, etc ( which results will be displayed in accordance to the keywords set by Members in their profile control panel ) The Admin / Webmaster portion of the site should show images awaiting approval before being updated on the site, the ability to browse registered members, edit them, remove them. Also the ability to post news items. On the home page, there will be a welcome message, \random “profile” thumbnails, and a simple news section.
I'm trying to keep the budget low, and if you can piece together a site using Drupal or Joomla's CMS that's fine by me. I actually would prefer it over a completely ground up designed system. The turnaround should be no more than 2 weeks from when the winner is chosen. Obviously there are a lot of small details that will be worked out during the development process, as the above description is just the large 90% chunk of the site for budgeting purposes.
I would prefer working with the programmer through AIM so that things can be done concurrently. The images I've attached are just mockups of content placement. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.